Thanks Jamil and inffy for the info.
This may be a dumb question, but assuming there is a sell out of the 12/4 units, any idea how long before another sale goes on?
The reason I ask is that I would like to get a V for my son who is in high school. I am trying to get myself one at the Dec. 4th flash sale but cannot afford to buy 2 V’s at one time. My son’s birthday is in a couple months which is probably too soon for another sale but if I get a V and like it, I would like to get him one also but am trying to estimate whether I can likely buy one, or if I will have to get him a different 2 in 1 computer (for instance if the next post 12/4 V sale isn’t until April or so). This question probably doesn’t have a possible answer right now so I apologize in advance (it’s late at night here now is my excuse! lol).

I honestly don’t think it will be more than two or three months before the web store opens again, but I believe the Team is waiting to see how the first sale goes over. Keep an eye on the community every couple of weeks and you should have an answer in time to decide.

I just thought of something that might be helpful for all those worrying they may not get in on the flash sale. When I purchased my HEB, I wanted to put it on my credit card, but when I tried to do so, the bank flagged it as “out of character” so it would not go through. I had to make a paypal account and purchase it that way. The extra time it took me worried me I would not get my purchase in before they sold out (thankfully I did)

So if you are like me and rarely use your credit card for larger purchases, maybe give your bank a ring ahead of time just in case.

Canada - all goods coming in over $20 CAD are assessed for duty/tax. Except gifts, in which case it’s $60. Old rules and amounts decided way before internet was in people’s homes.

US have up to $800 USD I believe for incoming goods vs our $20. They have different arrangements with countries like China as well for duty/taxes. US population is ~10X Canada, and the economy is also exponentially larger than ours. It sucks for us living so close - but we’re so used to getting the raw end of the deal. I look at it as taxes help run the gov’t/health/social services so it’s not that terrible.

They can use coinbase API to accept payments in crypto currency or they can integrate their own using with their preferred programming language. There are a lot of documentations that can aid them. Again this is just a suggestion.

Nope! The 1TB offers were to all backers as a small way of saying sorry for the delays - and since we did find it unfair to only offer it to the i7 backers basically blocking everyone that did not have the ability of foresight and ordering an i7 if they were interested in a 1TB ssd.